Elizabethan tragedies were structurally similar to Seneca's plays as most Elizabethan tragedies include a Chorus, have complex plots, a five-act structure, long rhetorical passages.
The Elizabethan tragedy was the mostly influenced from the Senecan form of tragedy. Since the tragedies of Seneca was not acted on the stage, it took the help of figurative languages and rhetorical devices to fill the gap. Elizabethan plays were also filled with the descriptive usage of language, detailed descriptions and the use of long speeches. Shakespeare had borrowed the theme of revenge tragedy from the Seneca for his plays. The revenge taken is an outcome of the wrong and injustice done to the protagonist of the play. The theme of revenge is introduced by the spirit or supernatural creature in the play which leads the play further. “So art thou to revenge” this line shows the introduction of revenge in the play.
These themes have been introduced in the Elizabethan tragedies from the Senecan form of tragedies. In the play “Hamlet,” the protagonist is Hamlet whose father has been killed by his own uncle. He learns this fact from the spirit of his father who asks him to take revenge from his uncle. The spirit introduces himself as “Ghost I am thy father's spirit” to Hamlet.
The language of the play “Hamlet” contains figurative languages with long monologues and soliloquies with descriptive discussions. “A serpent stung me; so the whole ear of Denmark” this line shows the presence of figurative language in the excerpt.
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2
Explanation:
A stanza is a group of lines put together in a poem. It's something like a paragraph in a passage where lines are divided into groups. Here, the first stanza starts with "Who has seen the wind?" and ends with "The wind is passing through." and the second stanza starts with "Who has seen the wind?
" and ends with "The wind is passing by.".
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- Tone (the authors attitude)
- Purpose (reason for writing)
- Style (their word choice, etc)
- Audience (who's reading/intended to)
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C. The awareness of impending death came about slowly, subtly
Explanation:
According to the given excerpt, the comment from Dickinson about expecting death in the line “since then — tis centuries — and yet/ feels shorter that the day/ I first surmised the horses head/ were toward eternity" is the awareness of impending death came about slowly, subtly.
This is because he slowly realizes as he feels shorter that day and finding out that the horses egad was toward eternity.
Answer:
B (second)
Explanation:
To provide a moral lesson for young boys
